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April 6, 2015

tonight i managed to lock myself out of my office. and my homework in my office. sounds like a great time to write a post. today, it has officially been one year since i gave up on hair dye. when i started this journey, i shared it on my blog to hold myself accountable. to my readers. who basically include my parents, sister, and bernie.maybe i should have just texted them. . .

anyway.
so far?i'm pretty stinking proud of myself. i've stuck with it and embraced it as a temporary. . . albeit several year. . . process. along the way, i have searched the internet for other people's stories.suffice it to say, there aren't a TON of blogs about women choosing to go gray in their 30's. but there are some out there. and i really appreciated hearing. . . and more importantly, seeing. . . how the process has gone for them. so. . . here's mine in return. mainly in pictures because there isn't much to say. "look. there's gray hair.""and now there's more. . . "
but. there's one awkward part. (at least for me.)this.requires.SO. MANY. selfies.
these are not things i regularly take.or share. but, it is awfully hard to look at the top of your head without them. and i decided to spare bernie from this new life task. so. selfies it is. here we go!JUST GETTING STARTED. . . April 6, 2014

MAY

a few of these seem to have a blue filter. i don't know. apparently i was in the mood for blueish gray hair on occasion. AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

i think i made anth help me take this one. such lucky kids i have. . . DECEMBER

based on the artwork in background, this one appears to have been taken in my office. you can really see the lovely contrast between the gray and my highlights. i had highlights done when i started growing out the gray, because i thought things would blend better. word to the wise?just grow it out. i am now contending with natural, highlighted, and gray hair. oops.

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

february was exciting. i finally reached the point where the gray goes all the way back to my ponytail. so what i'm saying is. . . i now look like i got one of those hairpieces at a stand in the mall. in the wrong color.

MARCH

here's one featuring not just the top of my head. neat. also...it shows that, after a year, i'm not quite there yet. . . darn curls.

APRIL 2015: A PHOTO WITH OTHER HUMANS!

i feel like the savvy boys should at least make an appearance on their namesake blog. if you look closely, you can see a christmas light in the background. they are strung around the boys' bunk bed.eternally.oops.
anyway. i still have a long road ahead of me. . . "a long road."ha. that sounds a bit dramatic for "sitting around and waiting for hair to grow."but. . . i'm still not ready to cut it off. i've just gotten used to looking a little bit messy. but. . . between work, school, the boys' sports, and our new obsession with Sherlock, life is a little bit messy right now. here's to looking how i feel!?